Blizzard's Party Sync Preview
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Playing with friends when your characters are different levels is now easier than ever with Party Sync.

If you’d like to play WoW with your friends without having to worry about whether your characters’ levels are too far apart, the new Party Sync feature is for you!

Relive Azeroth’s History Together
When players activate Party Sync, everyone in the party becomes aligned to the same quest state and phase. By mousing over a quest in your tracker, you can see who’s on a given quest, what their progress is, and who’s ready to turn it in. You’ll also have access to a “replay quest” feature that allows players who have already completed certain quests to replay them with friends who haven’t for rewards that are appropriate to their current actual level, regardless of the original level of the quest. Quests can be replayed for rewards once a day.

While most quests can be replayed, there are some exceptions. Repeatable quests, such as dailies and World Quests, can’t be replayed. We’ve also excluded some quests with story implications from being replayed. These are determined on a case-by-case basis, and may include quests like the Demon Hunter starting zone quests, or quests where you might choose to betray the Warchief (how could you!).

Sync to Their Level
With Party Sync, you can choose to have your level temporarily adjusted, making it so higher-level players can quest and experience outdoor content with lower-level friends as they level up.



Accept the sync request to join your friends on their adventure!

Levels will be scaled down to the cap of the expansion content your lowest-level party member qualifies for. As an example, if your lowest-level player is level 83 your level will be scaled down to level 90. However if they’re level 21, your character will be scaled down to level 60.

  • Original WoW - Level 60
  • The Burning Crusade - Level 80
  • Wrath of the Lich King - Level 80
  • Cataclysm- Level 90
  • Mists of Pandaria - Level 90
  • Warlords of Draenor - Level 100
  • Legion - Level 110

While Party Sync is active, party members’ stats are reduced and skills are limited to a set that reflects their temporary level, including disabling some items that are beyond the scope of the experience at that level. This keeps the focus on helping lower-level party members. Unlike in Timewalking, when your level is scaled through Party Sync, you will temporarily lose access to abilities and powers (such as Azerite Traits and spells, abilities, talents, and trinket effects) with requirements that exceed your reduced level.

Set Up Instructions


To begin Party Sync:
  • Invite and accept players into a party.
  • Open your Map & Quest Log (hotkey: M).
  • Click Start Party Sync in the lower-right hand corner.
  • Have all partied players click Accept on the Party Sync confirmation dialogue box.

Once all players have accepted, quest status will be synced and levels will become adjusted so you can play together!

While questing in Party Sync, you may see quests you’ve already done before—those are Replay Quests! Accept them as normal and quest together, but remember that Replay Quests are temporary and go away when the Party Sync ends. Additionally, some quests can become deactivated if your group no longer meets the requirements. Quests that can’t be replayed won’t display an icon, while a grayed-out icon indicates quests that your party sync group does not qualify for that are in your log. You can’t complete these quests until you leave Party Sync. To do so, click Stop Party Sync at the bottom of the Map & Quest Log.


Lead with Confidence
To help you help your friends, we’ve created a brand-new RAF panel in-game to help you know when to expect your next reward and given your access to Party Sync. The RAF panel also lists special activities available to players who participate in the program. Complete these in-game challenges with your recruits to earn even more rewards.

Go Forth with Friends
Party Sync will become available when the upcoming 8.2.5 content update goes live in the next few months.

Blizzard's Worgen and Goblin Model Update Preview
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Get ready to shapeshift your look with new worgen and goblin models and animations—coming in the 8.2.5 content update.

Goblins and worgen were first introduced as playable races in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. Since their debut, we’ve made a number of improvements to the tools and technology behind the art and animation of Azeroth—and now it’s time to give these resolute races a visual upgrade.

Using the original models as inspiration, we’ve enhanced their appearances and animations while retaining the soul of the characters.

Sink your teeth into these gorgeous images!



Drool over these new appearances.



Show off your wild side with the updated worgen models.



With a mug like this, the races of Azeroth will buy you drinks.



Look like a million gold without spending a copper!

The new models will be available as soon as the 8.2.5 content update goes live, so be sure to check them out in the wilds (or Auction Houses) then!
This article was originally published in forum thread: Blizzard's Party Sync and Worgen/Goblin Model Preview started by Stoy View original post
Comments 89 Comments
  1. MiiiMiii's Avatar
    So this patch brings updated worgen model, RaF Pay for skins and this even more leveling scaling thing?

    So if you don't have a friend interested in leveling with you (why would 99% bother? Pay for boost or you are already max lvl a long time ago) nor play a worgen.

    What is this patch bringing exactly for 99% of the playerbase?

    War campain I guess? Eh ok. Good thing I can get back to Classic after the 1 hour of war campain quest(s).

    Maybe we rather have the Selfie Cam patch again, beats this
  1. Firebeast's Avatar
    Such a waste of time. How many people are playing retail anyway?lol
  1. grandgato's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Firebeast View Post
    Such a waste of time. How many people are playing retail anyway?lol
    Literally, 0 people are currently playing Retail.
  1. Katchii's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Granyala View Post
    Wanting to quest together with a person that is lv 30, being synced to lv 60 is not exactly terribly useful.
    Everything scales to you as a player, so in a zone where 60 is the max level, the mobs scale up to level 60 and are equal to the player. Even When a level 40 and a level 60 are whacking the same mob, they do level equivalent damage to it and the mob does level equivalent damage to them.

    It's a bit weird, but the way WoW does their scaling it works.
  1. Ielenia's Avatar
    Ok... party sync is a bust, for me. I was hoping it would do like "mentoring" in City of Heroes worked, where your character's level (and available skills) would be brought to the exact level of the party leader, but no. This 'party sync' is bollocks, to me.

    If I'm not 'max level' for the content I'm in (60, 80, 90, 100, 110) inviting a someone with party sync would be... pointless. I mean, if I'm 21, and my friend, who's level 120, he'll be level 60. Even with party sync, the level and power disparity would be so huge it might as well not exist.
  1. zetitup's Avatar
    It's clearly made so you play together, not Boosting. If ppl could read :/
  1. Absintheminded's Avatar
    There’s quite a bit of stuff getting announced recently that I think could have been used for filler for a weak Blizzcon. I’m hoping this means they have a lot to show this year.
  1. Oneirophobia's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Ielenia View Post
    I mean, if I'm 21, and my friend, who's level 120, he'll be level 60. Even with party sync, the level and power disparity would be so huge it might as well not exist.
    The zones scale to level too, though. He'd be 21 fighting lvl 21s and you'd be 60 fighting lvl 60ies, but you'd be hitting the same mob. Your gear will still help you steamroll the older content quicker than your 21 friend, but that's a bit of an incentive to invite you in the first place. Run into one of those "bring 5 friends" quests? Bring one friend who is geared enough to be 4 people. You can probably 3 man dungeons together with your gear.


    Anyhoo, I'm more interested in party sync for the potential it has with old raiding. You can scale down 25 people to 80 and do heroic ICC, etc. and all you'd need is one person at 80. If you so chose.
  1. pacotaco's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Ielenia View Post
    Ok... party sync is a bust, for me. I was hoping it would do like "mentoring" in City of Heroes worked, where your character's level (and available skills) would be brought to the exact level of the party leader, but no. This 'party sync' is bollocks, to me.

    If I'm not 'max level' for the content I'm in (60, 80, 90, 100, 110) inviting a someone with party sync would be... pointless. I mean, if I'm 21, and my friend, who's level 120, he'll be level 60. Even with party sync, the level and power disparity would be so huge it might as well not exist.
    Sounds closer to the "Exemplaring" from City of Heroes without losing the abilities from high level.
  1. toffmcsoft's Avatar
    Retail wow moving more and more away from an RPG...
    Really hurting for new players huh?

    Retail needs a full reset, level squish and completely WIPE everything.
    The game needs to be reset.

    Take a look at the Classic Launch, everyone started fresh and the experience is unreal.
    In all seriousness, each expansion should be a FRESH START.
  1. beanman12345's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Ielenia View Post
    Ok... party sync is a bust, for me. I was hoping it would do like "mentoring" in City of Heroes worked, where your character's level (and available skills) would be brought to the exact level of the party leader, but no. This 'party sync' is bollocks, to me.

    If I'm not 'max level' for the content I'm in (60, 80, 90, 100, 110) inviting a someone with party sync would be... pointless. I mean, if I'm 21, and my friend, who's level 120, he'll be level 60. Even with party sync, the level and power disparity would be so huge it might as well not exist.
    I think you mighta forgot about zone scaling.
  1. sonalita's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by grandgato View Post
    Literally, 0 people are currently playing Retail.
    Literally does not mean what you think it means. There are 30+ people in my guild logged on right now and another 20 or so in my bnet friends list. so no, a lot more than 0 are LITERALLY playing retail right now.
  1. Ielenia's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Oneirophobia View Post
    The zones scale to level too, though. He'd be 21 fighting lvl 21s and you'd be 60 fighting lvl 60ies, but you'd be hitting the same mob. Your gear will still help you steamroll the older content quicker than your 21 friend, but that's a bit of an incentive to invite you in the first place. Run into one of those "bring 5 friends" quests? Bring one friend who is geared enough to be 4 people. You can probably 3 man dungeons together with your gear.
    Quote Originally Posted by beanman12345 View Post
    I think you mighta forgot about zone scaling.
    All correct. I completely forgot about zone scaling. I blame lack of coffee while at work.
  1. Fred Skinner's Avatar
    Party sync is a great feature.
  1. Ielenia's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by pacotaco View Post
    Sounds closer to the "Exemplaring" from City of Heroes without losing the abilities from high level.
    Ah, yes. That' the name. 'Exemplaring'. I thought you'd lose abilities above the level you've been "exemplared" down to, but, thinking better, I think you only lost powers if you entered a Task Force that had a max level allowed lower than your current level.
  1. schwank05's Avatar
    Why not do Party Sync like GW2 does and makes all content relevant at all times so you can level in any zone you want once you have reached its intended level. You can just run old content over and over if you want that is the only "Sync" or scaling I want. But Goblin/ Worgens look exactly the same.
  1. Lorgar Aurelian's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Nixiuz View Post
    With Party Sync could BFA get any more Snowflake? Surely not..
    Snowflake?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Granyala View Post
    Wanting to quest together with a person that is lv 30, being synced to lv 60 is not exactly terribly useful.
    The 1-60 zones scale so it’s the same as a 118 questing with a 110.

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    Quote Originally Posted by In Ogres We Trust View Post
    Not getting their reasoning for capping the scale down at 60, 70, 80, etc. Why would I, for example, as a level 24, want to play with a level 60?
    Because with the legion zone scaling it would be like leveling with a 24 who just has more ability’s.
  1. Revamp Man's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by MiiiMiii View Post
    So this patch brings updated worgen model, RaF Pay for skins and this even more leveling scaling thing?

    So if you don't have a friend interested in leveling with you (why would 99% bother? Pay for boost or you are already max lvl a long time ago) nor play a worgen.

    What is this patch bringing exactly for 99% of the playerbase?

    War campain I guess? Eh ok. Good thing I can get back to Classic after the 1 hour of war campain quest(s).

    Maybe we rather have the Selfie Cam patch again, beats this
    War campaign
    Anniversary raid
    Cata timewalking raid

    Level sync for stuff like grabbing Jerry and helping him level his alt

    "Well 90% of people don't have friends who want to level and start playing WoW"

    Create a new account and pay for game time in gold if you want it's only like 2m for everything and you get free game time

    Or just give 10 friends a recruit link

    Or maybe you have a friend leveling a new allied race

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    Quote Originally Posted by Daemos daemonium View Post
    Snowflake?

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    The 1-60 zones scale so it’s the same as a 118 questing with a 110.

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    Because with the legion zone scaling it would be like leveling with a 24 who just has more ability’s.
    I don't think people really get that....but it's the forums so I'm not surprised

    15 pages for people to realize flex raiding was winged
  1. Khaza-R's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by schwank05 View Post
    Why not do Party Sync like GW2 does and makes all content relevant at all times so you can level in any zone you want once you have reached its intended level. You can just run old content over and over if you want that is the only "Sync" or scaling I want. But Goblin/ Worgens look exactly the same.
    You literally have to be legally blind to think this.
  1. schwank05's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Khaza-R View Post
    You literally have to be legally blind to think this.
    I think all the models look the same I play fully zoomed out and always wear armor so have not seen my characters faces in 10+ years. So yeah look the same

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